Curtain or shade bracket



y 1941.- P. P. GRABOWSKY 4 2,240,987

CURTAIN OR SHADE BRACKET Filed Jan. 26, 1959 E287 .P. 6 INvI-INTOR ATTOR N EYS ?atented May 6, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to mounts for window shades and the like, and hasfor one of its principle objects the provision of novel means formounting the shade in such manner as to prevent accidental displacementof the winding stem of the shade roller.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a small portion of a shadeillustrating my invention applied to the winding stem thereof.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the shade bracket; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view along the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3, the shade bracket it comprises wings I2and I4 which lie in a common plane to be positioned against the face itof the window frame. Wings I2 and I4 are interconnected through themedium of a semispherical shell l8, all of which parts are stamped froma fiat piece of sheet metal having an original outline conformingsubstantially to the configuration of Figure 2. Shell I8 is providedwith a rectangularly shaped opening 20 for the reception of the windingstem 22 of the shade roller 24. Winding stem 22 fits quite snugly in theopening 28 in the manner of conventional shade brackets. Means isprovided for restraining the winding stem from accidental displacement.To this end, I provide a spring finger 25 which comprises material ofthe blank from which the bracket is formed. The originally flat piece ofmaterial is severed along the lines 28, 30 and 32, with the linesintersecting in the manner illustrated in Figure 2, so that the fingeris characterized by one free end with its opposite end integrallyconnected with the wing l2. Thus the bracket illustrated in Figure 2 ischaracterized by a slot 34 formerly occupied by the spring finger 26,with the free end of the finger having its edge 30 paralleling andsubstantially aligned with the edge 36 of the opening 20. Figure 3illustrates the free end of the finger 26 as lying inside the slot 34 atthe point 38 so that the free end may be depressed when the winding stem22 is forced thereagainst preparatory to being pushed into the opening20. Thus the spring finger 26 provides an effective means for latchingthe winding stem 22 inside the opening 20 so as to effectively preventaccidental displacement of the winding stem.

Wing l4 includes a slot 40 for the reception of a screw 42 which may bethreaded into the frame 44. Similarly, the wing i2 is provided with twoopenings 46 for the reception of screws 48 which are also anchored inthe frame 44. In addition to providing an effective latch means for thewinding stem of the shade roller, my bracket comprises a single piece ofmaterial which is formed by a simple stamping process.

I claim:

A bracket for mounting a curtain shade comprising a single piece ofsheet metal fashioned to provide anchoring wings and a semi-sphericalshell, said shell being provided with a rectangularlyshaped opening inits apex, and said shell and one of said wings being severed and thematerial between the lines of severance bent to provide a resilientfinger and a slot underneath the finger, said slot leading into saidopening, said resilient finger having its free end located at the apexof said shell and a portion of the end of the finger comprising in parta wall of said opening, said finger being depressible through said slotto yield for permitting the winding stem to be moved through the slotand into said opening.

PETER P. GRABOWSKY.

